If you're a resident of Bowling Green, Wauchula, or Zolfo Springs, have a Florida Driver's license, or you received a traffic ticket in Florida, then traffic school may be for you! By electing traffic school you may be able to avoid points on your driver's license, and maintain your clean driving record.

If you are interested in electing traffic school you must download this form, read it, fill it out, and mail into to the following address within 30 days of the issuance of your traffic ticket:

Hardee County Clerk of Courts
PO Drawer 1749
Wauchula, FL 33873
Attn: Traffic

If you received a citation for running of a stop sign or red light you may attend traffic school; however, you must pay the whole fine amount. There is no reduction of cost.

There are 29 Driver School Course Providers in Florida. Traffic schools are listed in your local telephone directory under "driving instruction" or "traffic schools. To find online you can click here for a list of approved Florida DMV approved traffic schools. The cost of traffic school is around $22 to $44.

Hardee County Traffic School Benefits

1. Your insurance rates cannot go up and your policy cannot be canceled unless you are at fault in a crash.

F.S. 626.9541(1)(o)12; 318.14(9) and(10)

2. Points may not be added to your driver's license record, adjudication of guilt is withheld, safe driver status is maintained if applicable.

F.S. 318.14(9); s .322.27; 318.18(3)

3. Available at home (Internet or Video/DVD) or in the Classroom

4. If you caused a crash that required someone, including yourself, to be transported to a medical facility, the election would satisfy the statutory requirement to attend a Traffic Collision Avoidance Course.

F.S. 322.0261